CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-1761

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2014-03-25 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability — Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word contains a memory corruption vulnerability which when exploited could allow for remote code execution.

Added to KEV
2022-02-15
Remediation due
2022-08-15
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1761
Status
Analyzed
Published
2014-03-25
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, 2013, and 2013 RT; Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; Office for Mac 2011; Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP1 and SP2 and 2013; Office Web Apps 2010 SP1 and SP2; and Office Web Apps Server 2013 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted RTF data, as exploited in the wild in March 2014.

Affected configurations

• microsoft office 2011 • microsoft office compatibility pack • microsoft office web apps 2010 • microsoft office web apps server 2013 • microsoft sharepoint server 2010 • microsoft sharepoint server 2013 • microsoft word 2003 • microsoft word 2007 • microsoft word 2010 • microsoft word 2013 • microsoft word viewer

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References